https://fredericxavierliwer.com FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:48:27 +0000 https://fredericxavierliwer.com en https://fredericxavierliwer.com/About Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:31:35 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/About Frédéric Xavier Liver <img width="1328" height="1512" width_o="1328" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c99050f837a9f2753a8f9310cef5ba655105e0d5941fa9a283bd1afa05b363f6/frederic-liver-portrait_lqmc-copie.jpg" data-mid="239250838" border="0" data-scale="36" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c99050f837a9f2753a8f9310cef5ba655105e0d5941fa9a283bd1afa05b363f6/frederic-liver-portrait_lqmc-copie.jpg" /> Born 1980 - Harfleur (F) Lives and works in between Verpel and Brussels. EDUCATION Graduated at Brera Fine Art School in 2005, Milan. EXHIBITIONS 2026 Hora! - MNȚRplusCinci, MNȚRplusC, Bucharest, Romania. Piscine et autres corps d'eau. 3152 curated by Guillaume Clermont. Art School of Laval University, Quebec City, CA 2025 GEOMETRIC YOUTH - &nbsp;Turtle chamber project. Taiwan. LES QUATRE MILLE COUPS. ‘De Chantal Akerman à aujourd’hui’ Arts.film. Canada. POOLS. Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo. 2024 THE WIND BLOWS WHERE IT WANTS, PuntWG. Amsterdam. BOUDERRA. Olympiade Culturellle. Théâtre des Amandiers. Nanterre BOUDERRA. Manège de Reims. Grandpré BOUDERRA. 41e journées européennes du patrimoine. Musée de la Reddition. Reims OLYMPIADES ARDENAISES. Manège de Reims. Buzancy DANSUL SATULUI. MNTRplusC - Bucharest. RO LES QUATRE MILLE COUPS. FIFA - DIffusion sur Arts.film. Canada. 2023 LES QUATRE MILLE COUPS - Around video - Art Fair. Bruxelles FESTIVAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN MARCEL LONGCHAMP, Marseille E IL TOPO. History of an artists... Italian Cultural Institute. New York E IL TOPO. History of an artists’ magazine with an unusual editorial strategy. MADRE. Naples E IL TOPO. History of an artists’ magazine with an unusual editorial strategy. MACRO. Rome FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL FILM D’ART, FIFA 2023 - Montreal NUIT NUMÉRIQUE - Saint EX Culture Numérique. Reims 2022 LES QUATRE MILLE COUPS - Galerie V/MSP. Bruxelles AVANT GOÛT- Saint EX Culture Numérique. Reims INTERNATIONAL DANCEFILMFESTIVAL BRUSSELS - Cinematek. Brussels BREAKING THE BACKBOARD - Nuit Blanche 2022 de Bruxelles. BREAKING THE BACKBOARD - ARTDENTHÉ. Générateur Gentilly. BREAKING THE BACKBOARD - Abbaye de Noirlac.. BELGIAN BEAUTIES - DansCentrumJette. Brussels. TIMELESS AWARDS FILM FESTIVAL. Wrocław PL. ( Prix Meilleur Film Journal intime ) STOCKHOLM CITY FILM FESTIVAL. Stockholm. SE. NYNG - Nil Gallery.New York. US. 2021 BALLAD OF ESCAPE. MNTRplusC - Bucharest. RO. 2021 BREAKING THE BACKBOARD. Mars. Mons. 2021 APEX FILM FESTIVAL. Brighton. UK 2021 ( online ) LULEÅ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Luleå, SE. 2021 CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Kolkata. 2021 (Prix Meilleur film Expérimental ) ROMA PRISMA FILM FESTIVAL. Roma. IT. 2021 2020 BREAKING THE BACKBOARD. Festival Mouvements de Rue. Sedan 2” DEEP - 2” WIDE. UKYA. Nottingham 2019 KAK. Performance. NESXT Docks Dora, Torino E IL TOPO - E IL TORO. Performance. Thomas Dane Gallery. Naples PUBLIC POOL #6. Frac Champagne Ardenne / C.E.A. Reims JAMAIS UNE PENSEE N!ABOLIRA LE HASARD. Galerie ERG Brussels IS THIS JUST FANTASY?. Manège de Reims FRICHE O RAMA 2019. La fileuse. Reims 2018 2” DEEP - 2” WIDE. BoCS Art Museum. Cosenza PICCOLI ITALIANI CRESCONO. Ginnasio Fratelli Bandiera. Cosenza 2017 INDEXMAKERS - E IL TOPO - Le 19 - CRAC Montbeliard 2” DEEP - 2” WIDE . n.w.w.n.n.l.n.o. Brussels GEOMETRIC YOUTH 17. Maison Vide. Reims 2016 GEOMETRIC YOUTH 16. The Hutt, Primary. Nottingham. FICTION CRITIQUE. E IL TOPO. CLARK Center Montréal. THE BLACKBOX THEORY. BB15. Linz. 2015 SVILUPPO / PARALLELO- Kunstmuseum of Luzern EBIENALE 3, Bucharest. CASTELLI DI SABBIA, E IL TOPO - Museo Nivola, Orani. LA MOULE FABULEUSE. E IL TOPO - Robb Pruitt!s Flea Market. Venezia. A CRY THAT SUMMONS THE STORM. Galateca. Bucharest. SALO - GEOMETRIC YOUTH 15. Espace des Salaisons. Paris. RIQUET À LA HOUPPE. Shakirail. Paris GEOMETRIC YOUTH 14. The Can - Carol 53, Bucharest. MA PATIENCE A DES LIMITES, Galerie Dubois Friedland. Bruxelles. GEOMETRIC YOUTH 13. Cabinet du Livre D!Artiste, Rennes. 2014 UN REVE D!ETERNITÉ, E IL TOPO, FRAC Bretegne, Rennes. THE CITY SHUDDERS – STONE EXHALE, Galerie Estace, Paris. PENELOPE S!EN VA. - Galerie Grand E!terna.Paris GEOMETRIC YOUTH 12. FRASQ 2014 , Le Générateur. Gentilly. GEOMETRIC YOUTH 11. Nuit Blanche 2014 - Espace des Salaisons. Paris. GEOMETRIC YOUTH 10. UKG - PRAHA. GEOMETRIC YOUTH 9. UKG - PISEK. GEOMETRIC YOUTH 8 UKG - C. Krumlov. NO KAWARA. Galerie Nivet-Carzon. Paris GEOMETRIC YOUTH 7. Galerie Nivet Carzon. Paris. 2013 HELTER SKELTER. Galerie Nivet-Carzon. Paris GEOMETRIC YOUTH 6. STRCAMP. Moletai. (LT) FIREWIRE. Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris THE CITY SHUDDERS – STONE EXHALE, Galerie Estace, Leipzig 2012 SELFMADE. Biancovolta. Viterbo SLICK !12. Galerie Nivet-Carzon. Paris ART VILNIUS !12 . Galerie Nivet-Carzon. Vilnius THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED. Galerie Nivet-Carzon. Paris 2011 IL BELPAESE DELLARTE. GAMEC. Bergamo GEOMETRIC YOUTH V5. Biancovolta. Viterbo ESTACE FAIT SON SALON. Galerie Estace. Paris. WITH YOU IN THE SOUTH. Galerie Estace. Paris. THE THOUSAND. EX-POLIS Fabbrica del Vapore. Milano ITALIAN HISTORY X -Mostra sul 150° dell!Unità d!Italia. Viterbo ITALIAN HISTORY X -Mostra sul 150° dell!Unità d!Italia. TRIENNALE. Milano GEOMETRIC YOUTH V4. Ventre de la Baleine. Pantin. 2010 GEOMETRIC YOUTH V3 . Chic Art Fair 2010. Paris. GEOMETRIC YOUTH V2 . FRASQ 2010. @ Les Salaisons, Romainville GEOMETRIC YOUTH. Maisons des Arts. Malakoff. 2009 BORDER LINES, galerie les Salaisons , Romainville 2008 82955 SAN SIRO, Galerie Annarumma404, NAPOLI. (I) 2006 KASSELER DOKUMENTARFILM FESTIVAL, KASSEL. (D) URP! Cagliari. (I) GRANTS / AWARDS 2025 Best experiment movie - Dansul Satului - London Movie Awards 2024 Culture moves europe individual mobility - Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institut 2024 Aide à la création et à la recherche. Région Grand EST 2024 AiA. DRAC Grand EST-ministère de la Culture 2023 2021 Sélection Officielle LES QUATRE MILLE COUP, FIFA. Montréal 2021 Italian Council with E IL TOPO Storia di una rivista d'artista con un'insolita strategia editoriale 2021 Aide à la création et à la recherche. Région Grand EST 2021 Sélection Officielle LES QUATRE MILLE COUP, INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM FESTIVAL BRUSSELS 2021 Best Diary Film (with LES QUATRE MILLE COUPS) TIMELESS AWARDS 2021 Best Experimental Film (with the 4000 Blows) Calcutta International Festival, Kolkata. WORKSHOP - Residencies 2026 -&nbsp;2026 — Koganecho AIR, Yokohama, Japan. Artistic residency. 2026 - Deniz Villaları: Ecological Crossings, Institut français de Turquie / Goethe-Institut Izmir, Gümüşlük, Turkey. 2025 - Pollinator program -&nbsp; a virtual residency of mutual support. 2025 - Hayama artist residency, Hayama. Japan 2025 - Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo. 2025 - Dansul Satului, part II. MNTRplusC, Schela - Bucharest 2023 - IT COULD HAVE BEEN... GOLD. MNTRplusC, Schela - Bucharest 2022 - VOICE OVER monument . INSEAMM, Marseille (Workshop) 2020 - 2” DEEP - 2” WIDE. University of Lincoln. Lincoln (Workshop) 2019 - Cartographier l'Empire . ERG Brussels 2017 - n.w.w.n.n.l.n.o. Brussels 2016 - AQB- Budapest 2016 - The Hutt. Primary. Nottingham 2015 -The CAN - Bucharest 2014 - UKG - Workshop PRAHA.&amp; PISEK. 2014 - UKG - Workshop PISEK. 2014 - UKG Residency C.KRUMLOV. 2004 -CORRADO LEVI WORKSHOP 2005 - FABIO MAURI WORKSHOP PUBLICATIONS E IL TOPO, Storia di una rivista d'artista con un'insolita strategia editoriale VOICE OVER : n1/ n2/ n3/ n4/ n5/ n6/ n7 E IL TORO n1 n.w.w.n.n.l.n.o. - ERG Brussels BB15, 15/18 an overview.BB15 Linz. Artist-Run Spaces around and about 2012-2015-2017 aux éditions des Presses du Réel. GEOMETRIC YOUTH. Hutt Collective . Dizzy Ink. 2016. Un MANIFESTO TOPISTA. Museo Nivola - Edizioni Postmedia 2016. E IL TOPO Manifesto E IL TOPO : N12 / N13 / N14 / N15 / N16 / N17 / N18 / N19 / N20 / N21 /N22 / N24 IL BELPAESE DELLARTE._ catalogue EXIT EXPRESS _ Novembre 2008. EXIBART _ Novembre 2008. KASSELER DOKUMENTARFILM FESTIVAL_ catalogue, URP !_ catalogue https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Pool Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:31:36 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Pool POOL 2025Video. 40’ Directed by Frédéric LiverFeaturing :&nbsp;Yuri Kuroda, Kyosuke Terada, Fu Sakai, ZZPEAKER, Haru Matsuoka, Oru Yamamoto, Shizue Tokui &nbsp; Pool explores our emotional and physical relationship with water. Blending real encounters, intimate dialogue, and slow visual immersion, the film follows the artist’s personal journey of learning to float, breathe, and surrender — in pools, in open water, and in conversation with others. &nbsp; &nbsp; Through shared stories, sensory memory, and gentle vulnerability, Pools becomes a quiet meditation on fear, transformation, and the body’s ability to adapt, trust, and release. This project is supported by Aide à la création et à la recherche - Région Grand EST, the Ongoing Art Center and the Hayama Artist Residency.<img width="1920" height="2160" width_o="1920" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73e6649c45b07d6d8f17e9d03cad84da25e1f06b104aa3f437ef9a98bfa31ce6/POOL-cover-fxl.png" data-mid="239291751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73e6649c45b07d6d8f17e9d03cad84da25e1f06b104aa3f437ef9a98bfa31ce6/POOL-cover-fxl.png" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9001b622468f4678ae55a2fab61b5af557f2cda565814060dd5e492d0978014a/Still-2025-09-09-113126_1.18.2.jpg" data-mid="239292722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9001b622468f4678ae55a2fab61b5af557f2cda565814060dd5e492d0978014a/Still-2025-09-09-113126_1.18.2.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62820bb143cf56693532205c0e212074b4fb8ddaad022f33bf97dbc0d8b928c7/Still-2025-09-09-113126_3.1.1.jpg" data-mid="239292727" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62820bb143cf56693532205c0e212074b4fb8ddaad022f33bf97dbc0d8b928c7/Still-2025-09-09-113126_3.1.1.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bd930f02fa1e181bd8f597b130e313f0a38ccd4896bf4342c384fb23d9830df/Still-2025-09-09-113126_1.4.1.jpg" data-mid="239292733" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bd930f02fa1e181bd8f597b130e313f0a38ccd4896bf4342c384fb23d9830df/Still-2025-09-09-113126_1.4.1.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58ed651db14a7db249e6cfa2c265ad78b079e7b35d163c57ff4a5e66d0c28ef5/Still-2025-09-09-113126_4.3.1.jpg" data-mid="239292739" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58ed651db14a7db249e6cfa2c265ad78b079e7b35d163c57ff4a5e66d0c28ef5/Still-2025-09-09-113126_4.3.1.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Dansul-Satului-1 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:24:43 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Dansul-Satului-1 Dansul Satului 2024Video. 30’ Directed by Frédéric Liver &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Through a series of encounters with workers, their environment, and their activity, "It could have been... gold" is a series of portrait films exploring apprenticeship. Dansul Satului, the first film in the series, plunges us into the Romanian village of Schela. Like a diary, it shows the life of the village, its inhabitants, and the work they do day after day. We meet Cristi, a stone wall builder, and Emil, a craftworker. We made a wall, and a wooden railing and celebrated Madalin's birthday. In the old days, the village held a dance party every Sunday. The elders used to observe the younger ones, and if someone saw that a guy was a good dancer, they thought he was a good worker. The name was "hora satului". This project is supported by Aide à la création et à la recherche - Région Grand EST.<img width="1361" height="1500" width_o="1361" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7722a0e4b2e522d02f52cc546755557785a81e16a4569e99f76b8869e78c3e0c/dansul-cover-fxl.png" data-mid="239292928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7722a0e4b2e522d02f52cc546755557785a81e16a4569e99f76b8869e78c3e0c/dansul-cover-fxl.png" /> <img width="2878" height="1506" width_o="2878" height_o="1506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f27b497709c6991b1a670aa12d1f6c8134e47af4555d02db8f38bff96dfb731/dansul-satului-0.jpg" data-mid="239292930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f27b497709c6991b1a670aa12d1f6c8134e47af4555d02db8f38bff96dfb731/dansul-satului-0.jpg" /> <img width="2880" height="1506" width_o="2880" height_o="1506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de3464dcd5c1f1b74d2f32530113346467339c27a9cfb801c81da43eaf082430/Dansul-Satului-1.jpg" data-mid="239292931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de3464dcd5c1f1b74d2f32530113346467339c27a9cfb801c81da43eaf082430/Dansul-Satului-1.jpg" /> <img width="2874" height="1502" width_o="2874" height_o="1502" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab4269c2f0892b0c58c26612b2f4a9ce3b6ddcea2600689b5f7314162aea32ec/dansul-satului-2.jpg" data-mid="239292932" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab4269c2f0892b0c58c26612b2f4a9ce3b6ddcea2600689b5f7314162aea32ec/dansul-satului-2.jpg" /> <img width="2849" height="1507" width_o="2849" height_o="1507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee34de7dacb17c6ac39a0b5ca0c847ce33cd7b99b708cd94678820468310bf5b/fxl_dansul-satului_1.jpg" data-mid="239292934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee34de7dacb17c6ac39a0b5ca0c847ce33cd7b99b708cd94678820468310bf5b/fxl_dansul-satului_1.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Bouderra Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:33:29 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Bouderra B O U D E R R A 2024Video. 20’ Directed by Frédéric Liver &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Après BREAKING THE BACKBOARD,&nbsp;performance pour une équipe de basket féminine professionnelle, la chorégraphe Marinette Dozeville&nbsp;et l’artiste&nbsp;Frédéric Liver&nbsp;continuent à explorer la frontière entre gestuelle sportive et gestuelle chorégraphique. Le binôme crée aujourd’hui le solo&nbsp;B&nbsp;O&nbsp;U&nbsp;D&nbsp;E&nbsp;R&nbsp;R&nbsp;A, écrit pour et interprété par Amel&nbsp;Bouderra, figure majeure du basket féminin français et toujours fidèle au&nbsp;Flammes Carolo Basket Club de Charleville-Mézières. Première samedi 22 juin 2024 dans le cadre des&nbsp;Olympiades Ardennaises&nbsp;à Grandpré Suivie d’un Tournoi performatif dimanche 23 juin 2024 à Buzancy Coproduction&nbsp;Le Manège, Scène nationale&nbsp;– Reims&nbsp;en partenariat avec l’Association culturelle Les Tourelles – Vouziers, le Département des Ardennes et la DRAC Grand Est.&nbsp;Olympiades ardennaises&nbsp;est labellisé par Paris 2024 – Olympiade culturelle. <img width="1158" height="1396" width_o="1158" height_o="1396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c433f4f1920185fe92be934c38fa911e9ccafee79149afcd704e611413a422bb/bouderra-cover.png" data-mid="239292949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c433f4f1920185fe92be934c38fa911e9ccafee79149afcd704e611413a422bb/bouderra-cover.png" /> <img width="3352" height="1398" width_o="3352" height_o="1398" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c00707308f6b44fff36d5bd9567473f84546772f94e77976fd559e142754e6c/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.51.09.jpg" data-mid="239292951" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c00707308f6b44fff36d5bd9567473f84546772f94e77976fd559e142754e6c/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.51.09.jpg" /> <img width="3356" height="1400" width_o="3356" height_o="1400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c758c7d45815511bd3ed66f5614603e17ad91404ebb5146a44fdf1bbdff2036/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.45.14.jpg" data-mid="239292952" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c758c7d45815511bd3ed66f5614603e17ad91404ebb5146a44fdf1bbdff2036/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.45.14.jpg" /> <img width="3346" height="1396" width_o="3346" height_o="1396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e72eb73ba66c6bbf28620f352082ad7f1c005bb9afb8b7a39411318c6819db5/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.47.20.jpg" data-mid="239292953" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e72eb73ba66c6bbf28620f352082ad7f1c005bb9afb8b7a39411318c6819db5/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.47.20.jpg" /> <img width="3358" height="1400" width_o="3358" height_o="1400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75945dd52b41b547ff4914391c77405e7380918dcbcfffe52accc2aa77c4f565/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.50.48.jpg" data-mid="239292954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75945dd52b41b547ff4914391c77405e7380918dcbcfffe52accc2aa77c4f565/Capture-decran-2025-01-09-a-18.50.48.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/When-you-step-to-the-line-1 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:56:14 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/When-you-step-to-the-line-1 When you step to the line 2024Video. 8’ A film by and with Frédéric LiverMusic performed by Simone Vebber &nbsp; Alone. Feet facing the line. Imagine the ball rolling over your fingers. Visualise its trajectory as it moves through the air. Keep your hands in the air. The ball crosses the net. Swish!In his reinterpretation of the Breaking The Backboard performance, Frédéric Liver immerses himself in this world and its materials, embodying them in a personal and solitary way. When you step to the line is a project supported by the Région Grand Est as part of the Grant "Aide aux projets de création - Arts visuels". <img width="1244" height="1367" width_o="1244" height_o="1367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7de5328d713e4f6bf80d33ca37b7c4334ff31607cc723fa4e18a37d1ad03aea7/WHEN-YOU-STEP-FXL-1.png" data-mid="239297229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7de5328d713e4f6bf80d33ca37b7c4334ff31607cc723fa4e18a37d1ad03aea7/WHEN-YOU-STEP-FXL-1.png" /> <img width="2878" height="1506" width_o="2878" height_o="1506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ef590355c2223a2e822d928b2e26bad40a47423f9aadea8d84662959c1701f8/when-you-step-to-the-line7.jpg" data-mid="239297232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ef590355c2223a2e822d928b2e26bad40a47423f9aadea8d84662959c1701f8/when-you-step-to-the-line7.jpg" /> <img width="2872" height="1500" width_o="2872" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/696263a50d3af6f5dab8d6daa94ccec039e5aa4599d0d045669045bdf53a81a3/when-you-step-to-the-line6.jpg" data-mid="239297233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/696263a50d3af6f5dab8d6daa94ccec039e5aa4599d0d045669045bdf53a81a3/when-you-step-to-the-line6.jpg" /> <img width="2876" height="1504" width_o="2876" height_o="1504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd2034a2cd584d2a06dfd89539b1bca53420ab2a8aa4b2315fd6eddf1bb17612/when-you-step-to-the-line2.jpg" data-mid="239297234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd2034a2cd584d2a06dfd89539b1bca53420ab2a8aa4b2315fd6eddf1bb17612/when-you-step-to-the-line2.jpg" /> <img width="2878" height="1510" width_o="2878" height_o="1510" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dfdc20c9849fd27b18fcef8988cc621ac41c40e248f9ad6db22a1fdbbbcd57f/when-you-step-to-the-line1.jpg" data-mid="239297235" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dfdc20c9849fd27b18fcef8988cc621ac41c40e248f9ad6db22a1fdbbbcd57f/when-you-step-to-the-line1.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Les-Quatre-Mille-Coups-1 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:02:26 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Les-Quatre-Mille-Coups-1 Les Quatre Mille Coups 2021Video. 37’ A film by and with Frédéric Liver Featuring : Jean Guizerix and Frédéric LiverMusic by Sebastiano De Gennaro &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In “The 4000 Blows” the multidisciplinary artist Frédéric Liver stages himself in an attempt to interpret Maurice Bejart’s choreography of Bolero, having never danced before. The artist’s body, his mind, the control of his movements, becomes the means by which the execution of the dance can be brought to completion. This all-encompassing research opens up unexpected questions to the viewer: is the work of art in the attempt itself, or in a specific execution of the act? When does the artwork start, and when does it end?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Through the research of a performative artist who is confronted with the elusive beauty of dance, the film places a reflection on individuality and on artistic practice in the most physical sense. _ <img width="1308" height="1506" width_o="1308" height_o="1506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/508d4d9cfc5131000b9812011e9a905144b91ebe48eff43464969f7b00ae6640/4000-blows-fxl-cover.png" data-mid="239297357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/508d4d9cfc5131000b9812011e9a905144b91ebe48eff43464969f7b00ae6640/4000-blows-fxl-cover.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1020" width_o="1920" height_o="1020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6370d1f8cf7f69a20549293c76f102bfdefa7843fc6c5e5256c219587c3135b0/the-4000-blows--frederic-Liver00001.jpg" data-mid="239297400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6370d1f8cf7f69a20549293c76f102bfdefa7843fc6c5e5256c219587c3135b0/the-4000-blows--frederic-Liver00001.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1009" width_o="1920" height_o="1009" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/016a0df0382b4306098ea36bcda4748849d04587b09a749e0ac42c9140e7f112/the-4000-blows--frederic-Liver00002.jpg" data-mid="239297401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/016a0df0382b4306098ea36bcda4748849d04587b09a749e0ac42c9140e7f112/the-4000-blows--frederic-Liver00002.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1014" width_o="1920" height_o="1014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7084eaa65447dcc19fd60f8eb4465771995dbe85afa5d939082fb224b6e57e13/the-4000-blows--frederic-Liver00004.jpg" data-mid="239297402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7084eaa65447dcc19fd60f8eb4465771995dbe85afa5d939082fb224b6e57e13/the-4000-blows--frederic-Liver00004.jpg" /> <img width="2880" height="1518" width_o="2880" height_o="1518" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/779f7029c25320bc610f912f1385e655eaac0476625c01dc4e9e57f1fb6de704/THE-4000-BLOWS_Frederic-LIver00003.jpg" data-mid="239297403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/779f7029c25320bc610f912f1385e655eaac0476625c01dc4e9e57f1fb6de704/THE-4000-BLOWS_Frederic-LIver00003.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Geometric-Youth-2 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:42:05 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Geometric-Youth-2 Geometric Youth since 2010 When the tattoo is not a choice. Geometric Youth, a project by Frédéric Xavier Liver. // &nbsp; &nbsp; Geometric Youth is a paradox. Although tattooing is a conscious and individual choice in contemporary culture, Frederic Xavier Liver removes any potential, personal decision, shifting his project into a collective ritual act, closed to its ancestral origins. Tattooing has become a fashion as well as a mass phenomenon. The tattoo is a personal symbol on the skin and a way to make and produce community. But what happens when there is no choice? When we are invited to be tattooed with only one possible choice of image? &nbsp; &nbsp; When the Italian-French artist Frederic Xavier Liver, starts reflecting on the socio-anthropological value of the tattoo, he begins by re-defining the knowledge of what a tattoo is. Geometric Youth is a long-term performative project where the tattooist and the person who is tattooed, see their individua choices reduced to almost “0”. The artist, imposes only one possible choice: a geometric shape similar to an abstract human body made by two rhombuses, one smaller than the other, with some small lines below and on the sides. It is an extremely simple and complex project at the same time. Conceptually and formally multi-layered, with the capacity to embrace a variety of different readings and actions. We can read Geometric Youth as a sort of palimpsest, a code, in its socio-anthropological nature. In which lies the determination to indelibly draw the traces of a process which, push every individual in front of a “choice” – the will of being tattooed rather than in the act of making an aesthetic preference. When an individual engages with this choice and chooses to be tattooed, they voluntarily become part of a community. This is a community randomly formed through the instigation of a participatory mechanism. If the tattoo is indeed the expression of a unique, personal, intimate act with strong symbolic implications, both in terms of iconography and fashion, the pre-determined reduction of the choice generates a linguistic subversion in terms of signify and significance. In fact, the final aesthetic outcome of the process is the result of a semiotic definition that aims to re-define what a tatto is. On the other hand, an aesthetic-performative mechanism which instigates the participation, reveals the capacity of build- ing a strong sense of community. The performative attitude of the project is in its conceptual nature, rather than the act of tattooing itself. The tattooist is, in fact, a sort of “tool”, anyone can be the tattooist, and what is crucial, is the active partici- pation of the people who are able to nurture the process and determine its success. The performative attitude of the project is also determined by two more reasons: the first lies in its capacity to reveal social behaviour – those who accept being tattooed basically accept a symbol and becoming part of a community – the second is its capacity to shape a metaphorical place, as a bridge among different fields of knowledge (sociology, anthropology, art, cultural heritage so on so forth). A bridge, able to determine different forms of thought and a different use of space. To be intended not only in its physi- cally but by referencing Lefebvre, in its ‘creative capacity’. A bridge able to subvert and re-negotiate the rules, by re-thinking and re-building the initial relationship in a tension that goes towards procedures and practices at the edge between a subjective intentionality and a collective value. In this sense the content of the project goes even beyond its exclusive and self-referential field of belonging encouraging, thus, the public to actively interact with it contributing to write a different form of collective narration. Claudio Zecchi _ <img width="962" height="1050" width_o="962" height_o="1050" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d96af535824b36bbb13c8c160201377af73487e4af82e1835663fbe44ee7f97/geometric-youth-cover.png" data-mid="239297729" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/962/i/1d96af535824b36bbb13c8c160201377af73487e4af82e1835663fbe44ee7f97/geometric-youth-cover.png" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a934b78635405f878b979475e10922b290119e5a49388d75a342ea4a0470121e/11063427_1619572384941117_5980978664992109586_n.jpg" data-mid="239297770" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/a934b78635405f878b979475e10922b290119e5a49388d75a342ea4a0470121e/11063427_1619572384941117_5980978664992109586_n.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05c90a80c20e2eef2349ad7d28d069ad47833de8df67479583678a2bdd458a33/11062719_1619572878274401_2553605405050544185_n.jpg" data-mid="239297771" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/05c90a80c20e2eef2349ad7d28d069ad47833de8df67479583678a2bdd458a33/11062719_1619572878274401_2553605405050544185_n.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08458bfbc022e73ac063b3c872037f6bfeb70780ab0ad04039dd34d3c9404af9/11062773_1619572394941116_90000559992660672_n.jpg" data-mid="239297772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/08458bfbc022e73ac063b3c872037f6bfeb70780ab0ad04039dd34d3c9404af9/11062773_1619572394941116_90000559992660672_n.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e405540aa17cc3098a8febfc8f822cb9bd734ba326cd544294c4402ea8ecd517/10308243_1619572251607797_4847145415554013342_n.jpg" data-mid="239297773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/e405540aa17cc3098a8febfc8f822cb9bd734ba326cd544294c4402ea8ecd517/10308243_1619572251607797_4847145415554013342_n.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Breaking-the-backboard-1 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:59:31 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Breaking-the-backboard-1 Breaking the backboard 2020 A performance (25’) and video (10’)MDLXIII – Frédéric Liver &amp; Marinette Dozeville Breaking the Backboard is a collective performative utopia.A basketball game without hoops and without a ball — a game without outcome, where the notion of result disappears to make room for the pure intensity of movement. By removing the efficiency of the gesture, it becomes choreographic; by removing the goal of the game, it becomes poetic. A performance of overflow, Breaking the Backboard engages the body in raw physicality — between energy, rhythm, and self-surpassing. It is a field where boundaries blur: between dance and sport, seriousness and play, stage and off-stage. Basketball here becomes a certain idea of dance: a writing of the rebound, a circulation of energies, a space of shared composition.A horizontal utopia, the piece cultivates the porous play between players (artists) and witnesses (spectators). <img width="944" height="1197" width_o="944" height_o="1197" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7dc39fa714a23cb4cb40165aaaa076cd55caf52c24516ce3a26e159a64eddfe/Breaking-the-backboard-cover.png" data-mid="239298214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/944/i/e7dc39fa714a23cb4cb40165aaaa076cd55caf52c24516ce3a26e159a64eddfe/Breaking-the-backboard-cover.png" /> <img width="3358" height="1408" width_o="3358" height_o="1408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/450fc2394237578d16387471c37d2ba4ba75ad082d6476b1e0367c4c46c3b562/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.16.22.jpg" data-mid="239298216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/450fc2394237578d16387471c37d2ba4ba75ad082d6476b1e0367c4c46c3b562/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.16.22.jpg" /> <img width="3350" height="1408" width_o="3350" height_o="1408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5eeacd0b399cf739120cb3f0f0fd44de7f48831373e13be1aba81f5423aaa967/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.15.28.jpg" data-mid="239298217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5eeacd0b399cf739120cb3f0f0fd44de7f48831373e13be1aba81f5423aaa967/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.15.28.jpg" /> <img width="3342" height="1404" width_o="3342" height_o="1404" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcee417f04aa7f8955985af628dc499bf39a1ba9bde4ca5bcb407048bbcdad92/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.14.32.jpg" data-mid="239298218" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcee417f04aa7f8955985af628dc499bf39a1ba9bde4ca5bcb407048bbcdad92/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.14.32.jpg" /> <img width="3350" height="1406" width_o="3350" height_o="1406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81427fc6f02d23ef5daafdc1a00e858844383632a668fd35071ed84a6f8e2b8d/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.12.54.jpg" data-mid="239298219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81427fc6f02d23ef5daafdc1a00e858844383632a668fd35071ed84a6f8e2b8d/Capture-decran-2025-10-12-a-18.12.54.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/There-s-no-right-or-wrong-way-just-shake-1 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:25:29 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/There-s-no-right-or-wrong-way-just-shake-1 THERE’S NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY, JUST SHAKE! 2022 Vidéo 10’ Directed by Frédéric Liver,Featuring:&nbsp; Frédéric Liver, Lucie Boscher. Shaking your own body is simple and something I like to do something I like to do at any time of the day. So stand up. Shake your tailbone Shake your pelvis Shake your bottom and your spine Shake the middle of your spine Shake the top of your spine Move your head and neck Let your head move And most of all, don't control the movement. Supported by Saint Ex, culture numérique - Reims, avec le soutien de la Région Grand Est. <img width="1343" height="1507" width_o="1343" height_o="1507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aabf9be020c41498657154b85e934721049bdaaa14c90b41442524dc15adbb70/shake-cover-2.png" data-mid="239316398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aabf9be020c41498657154b85e934721049bdaaa14c90b41442524dc15adbb70/shake-cover-2.png" /> <img width="2862" height="1502" width_o="2862" height_o="1502" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae330629a8ab670583a46ac2ae975d73a0b8523d5014dab286f17e1a12ade245/Capture-decran-2022-10-13-a-17.25.01.jpg" data-mid="239316419" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae330629a8ab670583a46ac2ae975d73a0b8523d5014dab286f17e1a12ade245/Capture-decran-2022-10-13-a-17.25.01.jpg" /> <img width="2870" height="1498" width_o="2870" height_o="1498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bfee7cea8a96dbba800fc9d343285cbcfc04f80ce3e3e700512829d223854c5/Capture-decran-2023-01-12-a-22.03.19.jpg" data-mid="239316420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bfee7cea8a96dbba800fc9d343285cbcfc04f80ce3e3e700512829d223854c5/Capture-decran-2023-01-12-a-22.03.19.jpg" /> <img width="2870" height="1512" width_o="2870" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e524cc91ffcb76715a8b095e972e9019748d030d58eec507cd7f9dbbbaf2fac/Capture-decran-2023-01-12-a-22.03.46.jpg" data-mid="239316421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e524cc91ffcb76715a8b095e972e9019748d030d58eec507cd7f9dbbbaf2fac/Capture-decran-2023-01-12-a-22.03.46.jpg" /> <img width="2868" height="1494" width_o="2868" height_o="1494" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24841f7b7a4fb6e735645e3265c3fa85fee35bad7ca0ca43c4fb15395209b910/Capture-decran-2023-01-12-a-22.03.58.jpg" data-mid="239316422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24841f7b7a4fb6e735645e3265c3fa85fee35bad7ca0ca43c4fb15395209b910/Capture-decran-2023-01-12-a-22.03.58.jpg" /> https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Hora Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:48:27 +0000 FREDERIC XAVIER LIWER https://fredericxavierliwer.com/Hora Hora! 2025 a series of 9 videos Directed by Frédéric Liver,Music by Diana Miron and&nbsp;Ştefan Popescu Hora is the second chapter of the ongoing series It Could Have Been… Gold, filmed in March 2025 in the Romanian village of Schela. This documentary series focuses on in-depth interviews with local villagers, who share memories of the traditional bals—festive dances that were central to community life—and discuss how these practices are gradually fading today. Through these testimonies, the film explores themes of memory, cultural transmission, and the social role of dance in rural communities. Each portrait captures personal stories, gestures, and reflections, creating a vivid record of a disappearing cultural practice. Hora also serves as the foundation for the next project, The Bal, where the Hora will be reimagined in a contemporary dance film with active participation from the community. Supported by Aide à la création et à la recherche. Région Grand EST and Culture moves europe individual mobility - Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institut. <img width="1556" height="1763" width_o="1556" height_o="1763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/214117a707a85b69d78843b2e9f137b9cbce16fe3edda2355275d8f67e81c217/Hora-cover.png" data-mid="239316649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/214117a707a85b69d78843b2e9f137b9cbce16fe3edda2355275d8f67e81c217/Hora-cover.png" /> <img width="3360" height="1760" width_o="3360" height_o="1760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/206be3f822ce781bc4eaa80843a17aa79ec8eb9f26991f317d5f0af560502bf9/Capture-decran-2025-03-13-a-00.16.51.jpg" data-mid="239316653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/206be3f822ce781bc4eaa80843a17aa79ec8eb9f26991f317d5f0af560502bf9/Capture-decran-2025-03-13-a-00.16.51.jpg" /> <img width="3358" height="1768" width_o="3358" height_o="1768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff6a1ee08110205568432f6e43adc2a79d632199ab35e8b2e253c560ede286be/Hora_Frederic_Liver_Ch3.jpg" data-mid="239316654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff6a1ee08110205568432f6e43adc2a79d632199ab35e8b2e253c560ede286be/Hora_Frederic_Liver_Ch3.jpg" /> <img width="3354" height="1760" width_o="3354" height_o="1760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ddd78350e030b34fdfb4b21f9be9618d6f29b888f40666d2bb62c02d21427a8/Hora_Frederic_Liver_Ch3a.jpg" data-mid="239316655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ddd78350e030b34fdfb4b21f9be9618d6f29b888f40666d2bb62c02d21427a8/Hora_Frederic_Liver_Ch3a.jpg" /> <img width="3356" height="1764" width_o="3356" height_o="1764" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76296d5e7847d7cda05bc6c42db93db189047803f50e643d4dd1b02eaa1a4576/Hora_Frederic_Liver_Ch5a.jpg" data-mid="239316656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76296d5e7847d7cda05bc6c42db93db189047803f50e643d4dd1b02eaa1a4576/Hora_Frederic_Liver_Ch5a.jpg" />